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[Jetboot Jack]

Ok - I had some bad experiences with the 7800 back in 1987, Atari Uk provided poor support (almost no docs, broken hardware etc etc) so the team I was with went back to the 8bit and ignored the 7800, which was quickly killed off by Atari in the Uk anyway...

So I thought I might get back into the 7800 - having played a few games recently like Double Dragon, it seems to have lots of potential in a simple NES kinda way...

I'm using XASM and Code genie to do 8bit stuff right now, what is a good set of tools for the 7800, and where do I find documentation? What's a good starting point for a 7800 wannabe?

Who is coding for the beast?

sTeVE

[DanBoris]

I have some information and tools on my site http://atarihq.com/danb. Also check the links on my site to the Atari Historical Society, there you can find the "3600 software guide" which gives you a lot of information on programming the 7800.

Dan

[Heaven/TQA]

steve, suprisingly it's me as well doing some a7800 stuff...

it takes you longer because coming from 8bit & amiga you think of display lists, gfx modes etc... but the 24 colors at one time is awsome and the damned beast is really simple to master... rasterlines are 256 bytes... so what else do you need?

http://www.s-direktn...nadj/a7800.html

unfortunatly i use Dan's Tools and Mess or his emulator to test stuff... assembler is DASM... i would like to use XASM but Fox has no 7800 features build in... it would be good if it could assemble straight forward ROMs...

hve

[Jetboot Jack]

Hve & Dan,

Thanks for the info great stuff...

Dan your site is great, and just what I wanted - thx!

sTeVE

[Eckhard Stolberg]

If you like to be able to try out your new creations on a real 7800 and don't mind turning your 7800 into a devellopment system that is probably just as bad as Atari's original solution, you can check out my site.


Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg